Circuit de Sorbier
Key facts
- Distance
- 11.3 km
- Ascent
- +400 m
- Descent
- −401 m
- Estimated time
- 3 hr 25
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 4 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 8.5 km under 10% and 2.8 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 260 m to 599 m over 11.3 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 41%
- Dirt & gravel 59%
- Path types
- Trail 28%
- Track 34%
- Road 38%
Difficulty
Official rating: difficult, by Département de l'Ain.
Getting there
Start: RD107 (près du belvédère), Parves, Parves et Nattages (01).
Sources
- Track: Département de l'Ain, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ain::pdipr-itineraire). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 4 h, departement-ain.opendata.arcgis.com
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 400 m, Département de l'Ain
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